Saturday, 7 February 2009

Some months ago, the Spain's basketball team was accused of being racist after a picture where they made a slit-eye gesture. The whole country was accused of being racist, especially by Americans.Hace unos meses, el equipo español de baloncesto fue acusado de racismo por culpa de una foto en la que salían achinando los ojos. El país al completo fue acusado de racismo, especialmente por los estadounidenses.

I can say now, with the same reasoning, that all the Americans are racist...Miley Cyrus, the actress of Hannah Montana, has being accused of racism because of the above picture, in which she and her friends make a slit-eye gesture, next to an "Asian Pacific American" (I found out that this is the "politically correct" term).Yo podría decir, usando el mismo razonamiento, que todos los estadounidenses son racistas...Miley Cyrus, la actriz de Hannah Montana, ha sido acusada de racismo por culpa de la foto de arriba, en la que ella y sus amigos aparecen achinando los ojos, junto a un "Americano de Asia pacífico" (he descubierto que algo así es el término "políticamente correcto").

I am not going to judge the gesture now. I find stupid to be critizising every single gesture that anyone makes, willing to find offences everywhere because you feel like a victim. However, this gesture is more critizible than the one from the Spanish team, because they were going to play in China and had a more respectful tone than this one, where there is not any possible reason for it.No voy a juzgar ese gesto ahora. Me parece estúpido ir criticando cualquier gesto que alguien haga, esperando encontrar ofensas por doquier porque te sientes una víctima. Sin embargo, este gesto es más criticable que el del equipo español, ya que ellos iban a jugar a China y tenía un tono más respetuoso que este, donde no hay ninguna razón posible detrás para hacerlo.

So, I can state (being as exagerated and generalizing as much as the American press did with Spain) that the American people are racist. All of them. Including the ones from minor ethnies. I claim that black, asiatic, indian, etc. people are all of them racist too. If that way of reasoning was valid with Spain, it is valid now with America too.Así que afirmo (siendo igual de exagerado y generalizador como la prensa de EEUU con España) que los estadounidenses son racistas. Todos ellos. Incluyendo a las minorías étnicas. Afirmo que los negros, asiáticos, indios, etc. son racistas también. Si esa manera de razonar valía con España, vale con EEUU también.

About this blog and Mister Potato

For those who don't know me: I'm the oldest toy that is still being sold. I have a potato body where you can attach funny faces and combine them the way you want.
I've appeared in films (Toy Story, e.g.), I have plenty of different models, I've travelled a lot,...
I like to travel and I was an Erasmus in Sweden, that's the reason of "Herr Potatis", that is my name in Swedish.
This blog is written both in English and Spanish. In the posts, English goes in black, Spanish goes in blue.
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